Archive for the ‘cakes’ Category

three cheers 4 tuesday !

2day i did 2 recipes so far. and i am soooo much more happier with this strawberry shortcake pic! its sooooo beautiful. and below that is the coconut cranberry macaroon and im quite happy with how golden and delicious they look! this eve i just made the lemon coconut macaroons. so yummy and tempting.

cupcake wars

well 2 day was very productive. baked vanilla and choc cupcakes this am. and then also made vanilla frosting this eve. dont u just totally love my piping skills! hahaahah! that was fun. i gotta practice lots in the piping area. 3 recipes! i have 2 say the pics turned out much better than last [...]

smokin sweet potato thursday!

three cheers 4 me! my sweet potato loaf tastes good and looks good. i had 2 actually bake it 2x’s yesterday. it was an issued with the leavening ingredients. loaf didn’t really rise much so i had 2 increase amts of baking powder and soda. its sooo frustrating when it doesn’t work out. but when [...]

baking again!

hip hip hooray! hip hip hooray! i actually backed something. was on a bit of a hiatus. and am back trying to put this baby to bed! mini peach cheesecakes. they look beautiful!. will try one for brk fast! its interesting cause i really like my mini photoshoots post baking. they are alot of fun.

packaging

2day baked signature item w/a new twist that makes it sooo much easier in the long run. will weigh and determine how many grams will be in each package. exciting…bought some amazing pans at williams and sonoma yesterday.

holiday packages?

well, yesterday a friend asked if i had christmas packages 4 sale. which was very flattering and exciting. my current goal is 2 have the signature items in stores for february of next year. i have temporary packaging that i could do a small number of packages.so of course the immed answer is no. but [...]

signature item n pineapple upside down cake

so the signature truffle that i created yesterday, turned out well. eaten very fast at work. so it’s decidedly my frozen signature item. i have to say i was impressed with the photography this morning of it. i also created a pineapple upside down cake. it tasted really good. and im ok with the photos. [...]

chocolate tuesday

this morning i made the choc cream cheese frosting for the classic cake. and i dragged out my clamp lights. so i could get some nice texture in the frosting. i realized that that’s what i needed to do for the blackberry jam (photos weren’t the best). i thought i had a lighting set up [...]

monday crazies

this am i woke planning 2 bake pineapple upside down cake. no such luck. nary a pineapple in sight. sigh. so then i’m flipping through my book trying to decide what to bake. the thing is there were lots of things i could bake, but for some reason i didn’t want 2 do anything. and [...]

not so sabbath sunday

all right, this morning i was wide awake at the crack of 3 am! i know. so i couldn’t go back 2 sleep. i think it was the person in the condo beside coming home that woke me up. exhibit 1: strawberry shortcake. made the cake in a lovely bundt pan. turned out excellent. light [...]

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